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Queens, NY - Two baggage handlers at New York's Kennedy International Airport are charged with stealing $280,000 in jewelry from a suitcase.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said today that the victim, a jewelry dealer, discovered about 925 items missing after his flight arrived in Los Angeles.
Brown says one of the baggage handlers kept some of the stolen jewelry at home on top of his microwave, and other stashed rings and earrings under his bathroom sink.
The defendants are charged with second-degree grand larceny and third-degree criminal possession of stolen property. They face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Port Authority Police Superintendent Samuel J. Plumeri Jr. vows that all airport thieves will be "fully prosecuted, without exception."
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Sep 03, 2008 at 04:18 PM McCain-Palin 08 Says:
anyone know the name of the jewler
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Sep 03, 2008 at 04:30 PM yid Says:
McCain-Palin 08 Says:
anyone know the name of the jewler
09-03-2008 - 4:18 PM
Why? do you want to take his jewelry too?
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Sep 03, 2008 at 04:49 PM Anonymous Says:
How in the world can someone send expensive jewlery on a plane with the luggage? It is beyond me! When I travel, anything expensive, travels with ME! People are strange!
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Sep 03, 2008 at 05:02 PM Anonymous Says:
Ibelieve there is a takoneh in belz that no one is allowed to take any packages from anyone.
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Sep 03, 2008 at 05:39 PM murray Says:
Stupid travellers- next time why don't they just stuff cash inside their luggage and expect it to arrive safe and sound at the next destination. This was as dum, or dummer as that.
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Sep 03, 2008 at 06:16 PM Anonymous Says:
Send it UPS or FedEx and properly insure it! (But then, you'll have to declare it and pay the customs duties on it. Silly me!)
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Sep 03, 2008 at 06:17 PM Anonymous Says:
Why arent there video cameras recording every square inch of space devoted to baggage handling? That will do more to deter theives than anything else. Cameras are cheap these days. Shamoe on the MTA or whoever is governing baggage handling for not making cameras ubiquitous throughout the airport including bathrooms, baggage handling, and seating areas. This is post 9/11!!
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Sep 03, 2008 at 06:54 PM What??? Says:
Shamoe on the MTA or whoever is governing baggage handling for not making cameras ubiquitous throughout the airport including bathrooms, baggage handling, and seating areas. This is post 9/11!!
09-03-2008 - 6:17 PM
Including bathrooms - excuse me!?
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Sep 03, 2008 at 09:29 PM Anonymous Says:
I was once sitting in Terminal 4 waiting for my delayed flight to Europe. I found myself speaking with this young African American Woman. She explained that there was a lot of theft in the baggage handling area and this Airline, an Asian firm, hired her to guard and stop baggage thefts. Her job began when the empty plane was brought to the gate and that every night she caught and stopped pilfering. She said she had no fear of checking luggage but would only put cheap underclothing in.
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Sep 03, 2008 at 11:58 PM political analyst Says:
ups is probably the safest way to ship anything, but they don't inaure cash or highpriced jewels. brinks does it.